nant-
English meaning to dare, risk
German meaning `wagen, sich erkühnen'
Grammatical comments
General comments nur kelt. und germ.
Derivatives
Material Air. néit m. `Kampf (*nanti-); got. ana-nanþjan `wagen', aisl. nenna `übers Herz bringen', ahd. Prät. ginand `Mut wozu haben', ginenden, as. nāthian, ags. nēþan `wagen', aisl. nenninn `tätig, strebsam' (`*wagefroh') mhd. genende(c) `eifrig', ahd. nand (auch in Namen wie Ferdinand), ags. nōð f. `Mut'.
References WP. II 317.
See also
Pages 755